Damn! The world really needs this woman to get the job!

[hunter]

3. By teaching and mentoring she's creating new threats to the "good old boys" who run everything.

My wife, a natural born teacher, has dealt with this kind of friction frequently in her career.

A good teacher is joyful when a student is successful. A good teacher doesn't see their students as potential threats or competitors who must be kept on short leashes.

A bad teacher, mentor, parent, boss, etc., will slap a kid in the face, "You think you're better than me?"

This explains the Republican assaults on education too. Educated people with good critical thinking skills are a direct threat to 21st century Republican political power, religions, and ideologies.